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Re: Article on five formulated fungicides

I was just reading about how the bee population is declining at rapid rates. Finding and using safe insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides, is becoming more and more critical. The fact that bees are responsible for almost 30% of the foods we eat should tell just how critical it is to protect and grow the bee population.

Re: Article on five formulated fungicides

Originally Posted by chad38

The fact that bees are responsible for almost 30% of the foods we eat should tell just how critical it is to protect and grow the bee population.

Welcome to the site! 1st post and you're diving in head first. Can you show me where those numbers come from? Is the claimed 30% of all the foods we eat measured in weight, mass volume, caloric value, monitary value, or something else?

Re: Article on five formulated fungicides

Originally Posted by D Coates

Welcome to the site! 1st post and you're diving in head first. Can you show me where those numbers come from? Is the claimed 30% of all the foods we eat measured in weight, mass volume, caloric value, monitary value, or something else?

Re: Article on five formulated fungicides

Originally Posted by D Coates

Welcome to the site! 1st post and you're diving in head first. Can you show me where those numbers come from? Is the claimed 30% of all the foods we eat measured in weight, mass volume, caloric value, monitary value, or something else?

BERKELEY – Pollinators such as bees, birds and bats affect 35 percent of the world's crop production, increasing the output of 87 of the leading food crops worldwide, finds a new study published today (Wednesday, Oct. 25), in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences and co-authored by a conservation biologist at the University of California, Berkeley.http://berkeley.edu/news/media/relea...llinator.shtml

Re: Article on five formulated fungicides

Originally Posted by D Coates

Is the claimed 30% of all the foods we eat measured in weight, mass volume, caloric value, monitary value, or something else?

It's an exaggeration based on the foods the people of affluent countries consume. But the truth is honey bees pollinate mostly semi-luxury foods (almonds, blueberries, apples, watermelon, squash, etc.) Essential grains that feed both human and farm animals like corn, soybeans, wheat and rice are wind pollinated or self-pollinating.

Another gross exaggeration is the absurd scare claim, even from academics we frequently hear: "imagine a world without pollinators or honeybees"? The reason it's a wild exaggeration is because pollinators and honeybees are commonly seen in both intensely farmed landscapes and in our largest metropolitan cities such as Los Angeles.

Re: Article on five formulated fungicides

Originally Posted by BlueDiamond

It's an exaggeration based on the foods the people of affluent countries consume. But the truth is honey bees pollinate mostly semi-luxury foods (almonds, blueberries, apples, watermelon, squash, etc.) Essential grains that feed both human and farm animals like corn, soybeans, wheat and rice are wind pollinated or self-pollinating.

You think you can live on corn, rice and wheat alone??

Originally Posted by BlueDiamond

Another gross exaggeration is the absurd scare claim, even from academics we frequently hear: "imagine a world without pollinators or honeybees"? The reason it's a wild exaggeration is because pollinators and honeybees are commonly seen in both intensely farmed landscapes and in our largest metropolitan cities such as Los Angeles.